Shaun Derry wants Cambridge United to take the air out of Morecambe’s “armbands” when they travel to the Globe Arena tomorrow.

Morecambe are unbeaten in their last five matches despite an off-field battle over the ownership of the club as well as players and staff having their wages paid late.

And it was only confirmed yesterday that the Sky Bet League Two game would go ahead after a safety contingency plan was put in place due to the matchday control room being locked after its parent company PMG Leisure went into administration.

Derry praised Shrimps boss Jim Bentley for keeping his side focused amid the club’s wider problems, but wants his side to focus on getting back on the winning trail after three straight defeats.

He said: “I watched them on Tuesday night against Leyton Orient and I thought they deserved the (1-0) win.

“They slightly changed their shape after 25 minutes and it paid dividends for them.

“I think the siege mentality is an important thing to mention. I’ve been in there as a player when a club has been in administration (at Crystal Palace and Leeds) and you’ve not been paid on time and it’s either sink or swim.

“At the minute a lot of their players are getting their armbands on and they’re swimming pretty well and they played particularly well in the second half on Tuesday night.

“But with the greatest respect to Morecambe, they haven’t got aspirations to get in the top seven, they’ve got aspirations to compete as a League Two club and they’re sure doing that at this minute in time.

“Whenever we’ve played to our full potential we’ve managed to get maximum points and I think it was fine lines us not getting maximum points out of Luton (2-0 away defeat) and Plymouth (1-0 home loss).”

Brad Halliday is set be out for a few weeks with the recurrence of his knee injury, while Greg Taylor and Leon Davies still have groin and shoulder problems, but Derry hinted he could return to a four-man defence despite his lack of full-backs.

Derry added he did not want to rush Barry Corr, who has been out for over a year following a knee injury, despite being pleased with his outing against Northampton Town in a friendly on Tuesday.